Winding device



Oct. 4, 1932. F, wlLLlAMS 1,881,305

' wIN'DING DEVICE Filed Nov. 16, 1928 IIIHHIIHH.. MMM.. I- wllmtl l @.mw Efe@ Patented` Oct. 4, 1932 l I, FRED WILLIAMS, OF ST. JOSEPH, MICHIGAN n WINIJING DEVICE Application filed'November 16, 1928.

This invention relates to apparatus for use in cutting paper into lengths or sheets of the desired size.

Generally stated,-the object of the invention is to provide a reel upon which the paper can be wound, from the large roll of paper, having means for adjusting the size of the reel, whereby the paper can be wound thereon and then out at one or more sides of the reel, thereby to sever ka plurality of thicknesses of the paper or other material at the same time, thus reducing the saine to sheets or lengths of the desired size.

lt is also an object to provide certain details and features of construction and coinbinations tending to increase the genera-l efficiency and desirability of an apparatus of this particular character, for use in cutting paper or other sheet material.

To the foregoing and `other useful ends, the' invention consists in the matters hereinafter described and claimed, and shown in the accompanying drawing, in which- F ig. 1 `is a front elevation of an apparatus embodying the. principles of the invention, a portion thereof being shown in transverse section, and certain port-ions being shown broken away for convenience of illustration.

Fig. 2 is a vertical, longitulinal section on line 2 2 in Fig. 1.

Fig. 8 is a detail section on line. 3---3 in Fig. 1, with certain portions broken away or omitted for convenience of illustration.

F ig. t is a view similar to Fig. 3, showing a diiierent form of the invention.

As thus illustrated, the invention comprises a transverse shaft 1 supported for rotation in the bearings 2 on the upright supports 3, ,which latter are rigidly mounted on a suitable base l that rests on the licor. A tube 5 partially encloses the shaft 1, as shown, and has its end portions secured to the hubs 5 by.

means of bolts or set screws 7. These hubs are rotatably mounted on the shaft 1, as will hereinafter more fully appear. The hubs 6 have ianges- 8 secured by bolts or set screws 9 to the head blocks 10, these head blocks having cap or cover plates 11 secured thereto by bolts or set screws 12, as shown. Rack bars 13 are mounted in each head block 10 and cap Serial N'o. 319,753.

or cover plate 11, as shown, being arranged in ions 14 that engage the teeth of the rackl hars 18, each rack bar being slidable endwise in the head block 10 and cover plate 11 when the shaft andpinions are rotated. The rack bars have transversely arranged supporting bars 15, as shown, to support the paper or other sheet materia-l, as will hereinafter more fully appear. One cover plate 11 `has secured thereto a clamping collar 16 having a tightening bolt 17, this' collar gripping the shaft 1 when the bolt 17 is tightened, thereby rigidly mounting the reel-like structure on the shaft 1, whereby the reel will rotate when the shaft is rotated, by means of the crank 18 or other means provided for this purpose.

In use, one end of the roll of paper 19 is brought upward and overand around the reel, upon the bars 15, and the end of the paper is then inserted between an adjustable clamping bar 20 and one of the bars 15, as indicated in F ig. 2 of the drawing. The bar 2O is then pushed firmly against the inner surface of the paper by the hand-operated cams 21 that are pivoted on two of the rack hars 13, as shown. Preferably, the bar 20 has small points 22, and the adjacent bar 15 has indentations 23 opposite said points, whereby the paper is firmly gripped and prevented from slipping or pulling out from between the two bars. l/Vhen the reel is rotated, the paper is wound thereon, to any desired extent, and when suflicient thicknesses of the paper or other sheet material are provided, the superposed thicknesses can then be cut at one or more sides of the reel, thus simultaneously producing several sheets or lengths of the paper, or other material, of the desired size. If it be desired to change the size of the sheets, the bolt 17 will be loosened, and by holding the reel against rotation, with one hand, the shaft 1 can be rotated by the other hand, by reason of the crank handle 18, and such rotation will cause the pinions 14 to rotate, and this will cause endwise adjustment of the rack bars 13, one way or the other, and a consequent contraction or enlargement of the reel. Then the bolt 17 can be tightened again,

and this will hold the reel in its adjusted condition. The roll of paper can be suitably supported, as by the uprigbts 24:, there being two of these uprights at either side of the reel, whereby the roll of paper can be mounted at either side of the reel, and the latter can be rotated in either direction, thereby to suit the convenience of theuser. Preferably, thebar 20 is provided with coiled springs 25 that yieldingly press this bar against the adjacent bar 15, thus to facilitate the gripping of the paper or other material between these two bars, preliminary to the adjustment of the cams 21, to make the grip more positive.

It will be understood, of course, that the improved reel thus provided, for use in cut ting materials, can be used in connection with paper or any other sheet material, as may be desired.

It will be understood, of course, that the cutting of theA paper or other sheet 4material can be accomplished by the use of a knife of the proper character, or by any other cut-' ting means that will serve the purpose. The

i, bars 15 serve as supporting members for the paper or other sheet material, with spaces between them, whereby the paper or sheet inaterial will extend in straight lengths from one supporting member to the next. The spaces between the supporting members 15 permit the use ofouttingineans -to'cut or sever the paper in the. desired manner, whereby a plurality of superposed thicknesses can be cut or severed simultaneously.

As shown in Figure 4, the bolts 12 are arranged betwecn the `bars 13, instead of being located at the-corners of the member 11 as shown in Figure 3 of the drawing.

rlwo or more of the rack bars 13 may have their ends provided with stops A26, thereby to limit the'endwise adjustment of these bars. lt will be understood, of course, that paper or cloth, or tape, or string, or anything else, can be wound'on this machine andk cut with a knife or with shears, as the invention is not limited to any particular use, and may be used in connection with anything that can be unwound from a roll and wound upon the reel ofthe machine, or in connection with any flexible materi `lthatcan be wound upon the Vlithout disclaiming anything, and without prejudice to any novelty disclosed, what I claim as lmy invent-ionis: f

`l. Apparatus for use :in cutting Lpaper or other material, comprising an adjustable rotary reel uponv which the :paper or other material may be wound, having supporting members with spaces between permitting cutting of several thicknesses of vpaper or other material simultaneously, and :power communicating means operable about the axis of the reel for rotating 'the `reel to wind the paper or 'other material thereon preliminary to the cutting or severing thereof, ytogether with instrumentalities operable about said axis by said power communicating means, when the reel is held stationary, for expanding or contracting the reel, said means and instrumentalities comprising a central solid rotary center shaft forming said axis, and rack bars for supporting said members, together with pinions on said shaft to engage said rack bars, means for clamping and releasing the reel on the shaft, whereby the reel may be rotated by forcible rotation of the shaft, o r may be held stationary while the shaft is rotated, rotation of the shaft while the reel is stationary causing said pinions to actuate said rack bars, thereby in effect changing the size of the reel.

2. In a reel, the combination of a rotary shaft forming the supporting axis .of the reel, sectional hubs on said shaft, means connecting said hubs together, means whereby said hubs and shaft are secured together to rotate in unison, right angle rack bars in said hubs, pinions on said shaft engaging said rack bars, supporting elements connecting the rack bars of one hub with 'the rack -bars of the other hub, and power imparting mea-ns engaging said shaft to rotate the entire reel, operative to merely rotate said shaft and pinions when said hubs are released from the shaft and held against rotation, thereby in effect to expand or contract the size of the reel, by means of said power imparting means.

3. A structure as specified in claim 2, said means for connecting the hubs ,to `.the shaft comprising a split collar -on yone hub and a bolt for said split collar, operative to cla-mp the collar on the shaft, thereby to hold the shaft against rotation in or relatively to said hubs.

l. In a reel, the combination of a rotary shaft, sectional hubs on said shaft, .means connecting said hubs together, whereby said hubs and shaft are secured together to rotate in unison, right angle rack 'bars ,in said hubs, pinions on said shaft engaging said rack bars, supporting `elements connecting the rack bars of one hub with the rack bars of the other hub, and mean-s vfor rotating said shaft to rotate the entire reel, operative to merely rotate said shaft and pinions when said hubs are released from the shaft and held against rotation, thereby in tively to said hubs.

f FRED WILLIAMS. 

